Two years later, in October of 1943, Bill and Lois Wilson attended a meeting at the Hotel Regis meeting in Omaha. Seven of the original ten stayed sober until their deaths. The Omaha Group was formed and ten people joined the group that year. meeting in Nebraska and three people attended. At the suggestion of his sponsor, he placed an advertisement in the World Herald for the first A.A. In February 1943, Jim Connelly, who got sober In Kansas City and was early in sobriety, moved to Omaha. It is unknown whether Maurice ever got sober. The NY office wrote back and stated that the closest group was in Kansas City and that one of their traveling members would stop in Omaha to talk to him. In June of 1941, Maurice wrote the Alcoholics Anonymous offices in NY to inquire about membership. The first Nebraskan to contact Alcoholics Anonymous was Maurice G. Bob and the first 100 members of Alcoholics Anonymous published the book Alcoholics Anonymous and AA Meetings began to form in several cities.
realized that he could stay sober by sharing his recovery with another alcoholic who was suffering. Bob Smith met in Akron, Ohio, and Alcoholics Anonymous was born when Bill W. In the Summer of 1935, Bill Wilson and Dr.
